William J. Bratton
How Illegal Cigarettes Get Smuggled and Sold in New York City
I spent a day with a guy who traffics "loosies" in Staten Island.
Omnipresence Is the Newest NYPD Tactic You’ve Never Heard Of
The cops in New York City are stationing officers and floodlights in high-crime housing projects.
The NYPD's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week
A series of horrific videos showing flagrant brutality by cops has NYC's progressive mayor and his controversial police commissioner on the defensive.
Detroit's New Policing Strategy Is Stop-And-Frisk on a Massive Scale
Since 2003, Detroit's police department had been under the federal oversight of the US Department of Justice, and shaking its bad rap had been difficult.
Detroit's New Policing Strategy Is Stop-And-Frisk on a Massive Scale
The Detroit Police Department has come a long way since the days when its cops were the deadliest in America. But the DPD's "broken windows" tactics are just excessive force in another form.
Why People of Color in New York City Still Don't Trust the Cops
Broken Windows policing targets racial minorities.
Has New York City Stopped Spying on Muslims?
The NYPD's notorious Muslim mapping program has been disbanded, but that doesn't mean the cops have stopped watching mosques and Muslim student groups.